Originally Posted By alexbook Amusing NPR interview with composer Hans Zimmer. Most of it's about "Da Vinci Code," but towards the end (about 8:30), he talks about procrastination and POTC2. "I think I'm really the person who put the word 'pro' into 'procrastination.'" <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5401882" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/templates/s tory/story.php?storyId=5401882</a>
Originally Posted By knightnfrees Seems like a nice down to earth, kinda guy. I'm looking forward to hearing the soundtrack.
Originally Posted By KeybladeMasterRobert Dumb ol' Bruckheimer, firing Alan Silvestri. The man did wonders with the Back To The Future movie scores, and many others. In the world of movie scores, Hans Zimmer isn't really that respected. His score for the first film was mediocre, whereas Silvestri would have had a grand, sweeping score that most likely would interwoven the Yo Ho Yo Ho tune into the music ala Mark Mancina's The Haunted Mansion movie score. Blech I say now that it's too late and we're stuck with Hans Zimmer. He might be a nice guy, which pains me to say, but I've not heard one score from him that deserved an Oscar for Best Score. <This coming from a movie score collector. Hope none of that came off as rudeness, lol.
Originally Posted By knightnfrees <<Hans Zimmer isn't really that respected. His score for the first film was mediocre.>> Actually, he didn't do the score for POTC 1, it was Klaus Badelt.
Originally Posted By KeybladeMasterRobert Seems Mr. Zimmer Overproduced the soundtrack, but still. Listen to every score he's involved with, and it all sounds the same: The Lion King, The Legend of Zorro, The Ring, etc.
